According to the complaint, Peyton was crossing 79th Street on a Halsted Street sidewalk in her wheelchair on June 16, 2012, when a vehicle, driven by Andrews, turned right at the intersection and hit her.

Peyton claims she sustained severe and permanent injuries as a result of the accident. She accuses Andrewsof failing to control her vehicle, exercise a reasonable degree of caution, keep a sufficient lookout, yield to pedestrians and warn pedestrians she was entering the intersection.

Peyton is seeking damages in excess of $50,000 and is being represented by attorney David A. Warnick of Brustin & Lunblad Ltd.

Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 2014L005904.

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